The El Cerrito Police Department hosted in Richmond, California an emergency exercise simulating the discovery of a ‘dirty bomb.’ The emergency exercise was conducted on Saturday, April 11, 2015. The press release stated it will be an inter-agency exercise that will coordinate different agencies to include military, police, and County Emergency Services.
Courage Sowers published a YouTube video of the emergency exercise. As you watch the video, you see National Guard members lined up without riot gear and only holding batons. In the video, National Guard soldiers are facing off a line of people that are acting as unruly civilians.
If the emergency exercise is the discovery of a dirty bomb as Captain Will Martin of the National Guard writes in the press release then why practice Riot Control. When your dealing with an incident like a dirty bomb scenario you would need security, and I don’t see where riot control against civilians would be an issue. Most Americans would stay … [Read more...]